Manager Project

SCOTT SHULTZ

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SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER

Innovative leader with extensive experience identifying, launching, and

managing products and services in both emerging and established markets.

Proven track record of maintaining a sharp focus on growing revenues and

eliminating costs for products across diverse technologies. Multiple

development methodologies (including Agile) with a background in software

development.

. Strategic Planning

. Product Roadmaps

. Market Research

. Competitive Analysis

. Public Speaking

. Product Pricing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OCLC, Dublin, Ohio 2005 to 2010

SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER

Assumed increasing product management responsibilities, which included all

aspects of product strategy, planning, and development for various products

and services, including the NetLibrary eBook product line with worldwide

annual revenues of $20M+. Wrote business cases, defined and refined product

roadmaps, managed product pricing, and developed business models.

. Key member of the management team that led a turn-around of the eContent

business, resulting in a YOY increase of more than $1.8M in gross margin

and more than 65% ahead of the budgeted plan for contribution.

. Nurtured the day-to-day business relationship with RecordedBooks, a

critical publisher partner, which led to growth of $5M+ in revenues.

. Managed the NetLibrary Advisory Board, which incorporated customer and

market perspectives from leading library professionals from around the

country.

. Managed the WorldCat Registry from ideation through launch, which led to

the cataloging of technical library data from over 100,000 libraries

worldwide. Awarded US Patent 7,730,107 as the primary inventor of a major

feature of this product.

. Led a cost-cutting effort to consolidate various roles and tasks across

the eContent division that resulted in improved efficiencies and annual

savings of over $200K.

. Orchestrated a plan to deliver eContent renewal quotes to libraries

earlier than normal to get priority on slashed library budgets. Resulted

in the preservation of over $20M in eContent revenue, and the

presentation of a special Star award.

Sumtotal, Columbus, Ohio 2004 to 2005

TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT MANAGER

Provide technical product management and planning for a Learning Management

System. Primary responsibilities included management of the product

roadmap, maintaining compliance with industry standards groups, and

providing technical recommendations for technological advances in the

marketplace.

. Led all product planning and integration activities for Pathlore's

acquisition of DK Systems, resulting in a clear roadmap and successful

conversion of customers.

. Wrote the requirements specification for a new reporting subsystem based

on Microsoft Reporting Services, which maximized the customer experience.

Perficient, Dublin, Ohio 2003 to 2004

PROJECT MANAGER

Hired as a consultant to manage a seven-person project at Sterling Commerce

that leveraged existing Perficient domain knowledge to develop an

interactive Getting Started Guide for new users of GenTran, an Enterprise

Application Integration (EAI) product.

Kentrox, Dublin, Ohio 1996 to 2003

PRODUCT LINE MANAGER

Provided overall product leadership for a line of high-tech software

products with annual sales of more than $10 million.

. Led the introduction of the AI-Extend product from concept through

production. This launch recorded advance sales of over $2 million before

initial release.

. Directed a complete re-launch of the acquired AI-Badger product line,

including analysis of costs and pricing plans, marketplace competition

and product value. Resulted in a turn-around from annual losses to

profitability.

. Launched project to implement needed features to the AppliedView product

which led to >$5 million sales, making the product profitable.

OTHER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT POSITIONS

Senior Software Engineer, IRD Mechanalysis

Senior Software Integration Engineer, Eaton IDT

Computer Programmer, Diamond Electronics

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio

Masters in Business Administration (MBA) Concentration in MIS, and

graduated with distinction.

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Major

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

GSB Executive Seminar - Strategy and Tactics for Product Pricing

Toastmasters International - Public Speaking Organization

Recipient of Advanced Toastmaster Award

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